Prime Minister Tammam Salam met with Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Asiri on Wednesday to express Beirut's willingness to stay in contact with the Saudi leadership.

Salam intends to send a message to Riyadh on Lebanon's desire to keep the ties with the Saudi leadership ahead of a planned visit to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed Tuesday that Lebanon rejects any naturalization of Syrian or Palestinian refugees in the country and reassured that Prime Minister Tammam Salam's government is not facing an imminent resignation or collapse.

“With all due honesty and in line with our Constitution, Lebanon will not accept the naturalization of anyone, not even of Arab brothers,” Berri said in a speech before the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee in Brussels.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday slammed Hizbullah's policies as a "real threat" to Lebanon and to the interests of the Lebanese, amid a growing row with Saudi Arabia over Hizbullah's anti-Saudi stances and Lebanon's recent diplomatic positions.

“Hizbullah's growing practices in terms of imposing hegemony over the State's administrations, institutions and decisions, and sabotaging Lebanon’s foreign relations in general and Arab ties in particular have started to pose a real threat to Lebanon's freedom and sovereignty and to the interests of the Lebanese at home and abroad,” the bloc said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

The Change and Reform bloc defended on Tuesday the stances of Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil at the Arab League and rejected criticism that Lebanon violated Arab consensus on regional affairs linked to Saudi Arabia.

Former Minister Salim Jreissati said after the bloc's weekly meeting: “No one can challenge us in our support for Riyadh.”

Saudi Arabia advised its citizens Tuesday against travel to Lebanon and urged those already in the country to leave it, citing “safety” concerns, a few days after it halted military aid to Lebanon over Hizbullah stances and recent diplomatic positions.

“The Foreign Ministry calls on all citizens not to travel to Lebanon for their own safety,” the Saudi news agency SPA quoted a ministry official as saying.

Former Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi slammed the government on Tuesday over a statement it issued a day earlier following a spat with Saudi Arabia over Lebanon's failure to support it against Iran.

“There is a big problem if we waste seven hours to write only seven lines,” Rifi said mockingly about the statement issued by the cabinet following an extraordinary session.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized the statement issued by the cabinet on Monday on Lebanon's crisis with Saudi Arabia, saying that it “failed to hit the nail on the head” regarding Hizbullah's involvement in foreign conflicts.

He said during a press conference on Tuesday: “The cabinet is better off resigning if it cannot properly resolve Hizbullah's fighting in conflicts abroad.”

Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Asiri stressed on Tuesday that Lebanon is “stronger than the scheming taking place against it.”

He stated: “The sides that are seeking to tarnish ties between Beirut and Riyadh do not represent all the Lebanese people.”

The General Security Department announced on Tuesday the arrest of a Syrian man who has admitted to belonging to a terrorist organization.

The Syrian has also told investigators that he had fought alongside terrorist groups in Syria and had smuggled gunmen and wanted individuals from Syria to Lebanon, said the communique issued by the agency.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi backed on Tuesday a statement issued by the government to reassure Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states of Lebanon’s commitment to Arab unanimity.

“I support the statement of the cabinet. Lebanon has throughout its history been known as a country with friendly ties with all states,” said al-Rahi at Rafik Hariri International Airport before traveling to Rome.